WATERTOWN — The Watertown Post 17 American Legion (16-2) baseball team kicked off its season in late April and the Post 17 Junior Legion (6-4) team followed in mid-May.
The Watertown Baseball Association teams is again fielding four other teams this summer: the U16 Red Sox, U14 Black Sox, U13 Grey Sox and U13-14 White Sox. They will all play South Dakota Class A Baseball (https://www.sdclassabaseball.com/).
The Red Sox opened play on May 18 and the Black, Grey and White Sox are all scheduled to open this week.
Here's the list of coaches and players along with the remaining schedule for those four teams:
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Red Sox (16U)
Coaches — Kolby Lacher and Ryan Roby.
Players — Tucker Lunde, Matthew Bertsch, Caden Corey, Andrew Dahl, Dawson Hartman, Dawson Hlavacek, Kasen Jensen, Austin Lacher, Tyson Lawrence, Gavin Neyens, Sam Olson, Max Stroup, Taren Veflin and Brayden Wentzlaff.
Notes — Red Sox went 25-15 in 2023. Currently 2-6 on the season, splitting two doubleheaders against the Aberdeen Smittys and getting swept at Marshall and Mitchell.
Remaining Schedule (Home games at Watertown Stadium) — May 30: Host Renner, noon and 2 p.m.
June 6: at Brookings, 5-7 p.m.; June 9: at Harrisbug Gold, noon-2 p.m.; June 11: host Brandon, 12-2; June 14-16: At Sioux Falls Tournament; June 21-23: at Yankton Tournament; June 26: host Yankton No. 2, noon-2 p.m.; June 30: host Harrisburg Maroon, 2-4 p.m.
July 2: host Sioux Falls Post 15, 5-7 p.m.; July 8: at Tea, 5-7 p.m.; July 12-14: at Brookings Tournament; July 18: At Renner, 5-7 p.m.; July 19: host Brookings, 5-7 p.m.; July 21: at Huron, 1-3 p.m.; July 26: at Sioux Falls Post 15, 5-7 p.m.
Aug. 1-4: State at Rapid City.
Black Sox (14U)
Coaches — Justin Harte and Bryce Hult.
Players — Boston Butler, Sam Dylla, Kaeden Himmerich, Braden Jenc, Caleb Kannas, Tate McNames, Tyson Miller, Kye Paulson, Wyatt Peterson, Konrad Pitkin, Braylon Schell, Max Sears and Kannon VanGilder.
Notes — The Black Sox went 22-12 in 2023. The team opened its season on Tuesday with two losses at Sioux Falls.
Remaining Schedule (Home games at Foundation Fields unless noted) — June 1-2: Pizza Ranch Tournament at Watertown Stadium; June 11: at Renner, 12-2 p.m.; June 14-16: at Brookings Tournament; June 21-23: at Sioux Falls Tournament; June 26: at Tea, 5-7 p.m.
July 1: Sioux Falls Post 15, 5-7 p.m.; July 2: at Aberdeen, 5-7 p.m.; July 9: Brandon Black, 5-7 p.m.; July 16: Huron, 5-7 p.m.; July 20-21: at Yankton Tournament; July 24: at Brandon Red, 5-7 p.m.; July 26: Brookings, 5-7 p.m.; July 27: at Pierre, 2-4 p.m.
Aug. 1-4: State at Watertown Stadium and Foundation Fields.
Grey Sox (13U)
Coaches — Dan Lund and Jaron Waters.
Players — Marshall Antoine, Jack Arnold, Carter Clark, Logan Fischer, Wilkes Flatten, Landon Halling, Brode Lohr, Levi Lund, Jeron Maag, Hudson Palmquist, Evan Ries and Holton Schutt.
Notes — Grey Sox went 25-15-2 in 2023. Team was scheduled to open its season Wednesday with a doubleheader at Sioux Falls.
Remaining Schedule (Home games at Foundation Fields unless notesd) — June 1-2: Pizza Ranch Tournament in Watertown; June 1-2; June 5: host Renner, 5-7 p.m.; June 8: host Pierre, 2-4 p.m.; June 11: host Tea, 5-7 p.m.; June 14-16: at Brookings Tournament; June 20: host Aberdeen, 5-7 p.m.; June 25: host Sioux Falls, 5-7 p.m.; June 28-30: at Sioux Falls Tournament.
July 8: at Mitchell, 4-6 p.m.; July 12-14: at Sioux Falls Tournament; July 16: at Brandon, 5-7 p.m.; July 19-20: at Yankton Tournament; July 25: at Brookings, 5-7 p.m.; July 27: host Harrisburg, 12-2 (Foundation Fields or Watertown Stadium, TBD).
Aug. 1-4: State at Sioux Falls.
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White Sox (13-14U)
Coaches — Drew Denzer and Chase Christianson.
Players — Levi Brownlee, Dray Dahlgren, Leo Dunn, Konrad Frankfurth, Dustin Garvey, Case Hulscher, Max Larson, Gabe Larson, Grant Mayo, Kolbe Mohling and Cody Whisman.
Notes — White Sox went 15-15-1 in 2023. The team opened its season with two losses at Milbank on Tuesday.
Remaining Schedule (Home games at Foundation Fields) — June 1-2: Pizza Ranch Tournament at Watertown; June 7-9: at Aberdeen Tournament; June 12: Groton, 5-7 p.m.; June 14: Milbank, 5-7 p.m.; June 18: Sioux Falls, 5-7 p.m.; June 19: Brookings, 5-7 p.m.; June 24: at Groton, 5-7 p.m.; June 28-30: at Brookings Tournament.
July 10: Aberdeen, 5-7 p.m.; July 11: Clark, 5-7 p.m.; July 16: at Sioux Falls, 5-7 p.m.; July 18: Harrisburg, 5-7 p.m.; July 23: at Brookings; July 27: at Aberdeen, noon-2 p.m.
Aug. 1-4: State, site to be determined.
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